Derek Jacobi
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Rating Distribution
Based on 121 rated titles
Title
Year
Attention
Gladiator
as Gracchus
2000
56
Tomb Raider
as Mr. Yaffe
2018
56
Gladiator II
as Gracchus
2024
56
Murder on the Orient Express
as Edward Henry Masterman
2017
54
The King's Speech
as Archbishop Cosmo Lang
2010
54
The Golden Compass
as Magisterial Emissary
2007
54
Cinderella
as King
2015
53
Nanny McPhee
as Mr. Wheen
2005
51
Gosford Park
as Probert
2001
51
Underworld: Evolution
as Alexander Corvinus
2006
50
The Day of the Jackal
as Inspector Caron
1973
50
The Secret of NIMH
as Nicodemus (voice)
1982
49
Hamlet
as King Claudius
1996
48
My Week with Marilyn
as Sir Owen Morshead
2011
45
Tolkien
as Professor Joseph Wright
2019
44
Dead Again
as Franklyn Madson
1991
44
Henry V
as Chorus
1989
43
Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans
as Claudius
2019
41
Ironclad
as Cornhill
2011
39
Anonymous
as Prologue
2011
39
The Odessa File
as Klaus Wenzer
1974
37
Grace of Monaco
as Count Fernando D'Aillieres
2014
37
Juliet & Romeo
as The Friar
2025
34
Effie Gray
as Travers Twiss
2014
34
Tinsel Town
as Albert
2025
31
The Human Factor
as Arthur Davis
1979
29
Stratton
as Ross
2017
28
Moss & Freud
as Lucian Freud
2025
27
The Medusa Touch
as Townley - Publisher
1978
27
Looking for Richard
as Self - Interviewee
1996
25
There Be Dragons
as Honorio
2011
25
The Secret Garden
as Archibald Craven
1987
23
The Gathering Storm
as Stanley Baldwin
2002
22
The Body
as Father Lavelle
2001
22
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Dom Claude Frollo
1982
21
Little Dorrit
as Arthur Clennam
1987
21
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
as Other Voices (voice)
2004
20
The Tenth Man
as The Imposter
1988
20
Adam Resurrected
as Dr. Nathan Gross
2008
20
Cadfael
as Brother Cadfael
1994
20
The History of Love
as Leopold Gursky
2016
19
Up at the Villa
as Lucky Leadbetter
2000
17
The Statue of Liberty
as Self (voice)
1985
17
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien
as Father Leonor Fousnel
1999
16
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Nigel Dewberry
2008
16
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
16
Last Tango in Halifax
as Alan
2012
15
Endgame
as Rudolph Agnew
2009
15
I, Claudius
as Claudius
1976
14
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon
as Francis Bacon
1998
13
Enigma
as Kurt Limmer
1982
13
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Grandfather
2007
12
Othello
as Cassio
1965
12
Strings
as Nezo
2004
12
Allelujah
as Ambrose
2023
12
National Theatre Live: 50 Years on Stage
as Claudius/Spooner
2013
12
The Host
as Dr. Hobson
2020
11
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Mercutio
2016
10
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
as Self
2022
10
Basil
as Father Frederick
1998
10
The Making of Gosford Park
as Self
2002
9
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
as Scrooge
2017
9
A Bird Flew In
as David
2022
8
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
as Various Characters
2000
8
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
as Lord Palmerston
2019
8
Breaking the Code
as Alan Turing
1996
7
The Civil War
as William Russell / Various (voice)
1990
6
Revengers Tragedy
as The Duke
2002
6
Two Men Went To War
as Maj. Merton
2002
5
Morris: A Life with Bells On
as Quentin Neely
2009
5
Aladdin
as The Magician (voice)
1994
5
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
as Self
2005
5
Guantanamero
as Guido
2007
4
Charlotte
as Daberlohn
1981
4
Joe Maddison's War
as Mr. Simpson
2010
4
Sidney Turtlebaum
as Sidney Turtlebaum
2008
4
The Congress
as (voice)
1989
3
Venom
as Narrator
2015
3
I, Claudius: A Television Epic
as Self
2002
3
One of Those Days
as Howard Whittam
2008
3
Vicious
as Stuart Bixby
2013
3
Revelation
as Librarian
2001
3
Richard II
as King Richard II
1978
3
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
2
The Riddle
as The Tramp / Charles Dickens
2007
2
The Wyvern Mystery
as Squire Fairfield
2000
2
Mysterious Castles of Clay
as Narrator
1978
2
Circles of Deceit
as Randal
1993
2
Say Your Prayers
as Father Enoch
2021
2
David Macaulay: Cathedral
as Pierre (voice)
1986
2
Three Sisters
as Andrei
1970
2
Dame Maggie Smith - A Celebration
as Self
2024
2
Angelina Ballerina: The Show Must Go On
as Mr. Operatski (voice)
2004
2
National Theatre Live: King Lear
as King Lear
2011
1
David Macaulay: Roman City
as Marcus Fabricius (voice)
1994
1
The Gospel of Luke
as Narrator (voice) – King James Version
2015
1
The Man Who Went Up in Smoke
as Martin Beck
1980
1
Much Ado About Nothing
as Don John
1967
1
Muse
as The Lawyer
2019
1
Hamlet
as Hamlet
1980
1
Achilles
as Narrator
1995
1
Philby, Burgess and Maclean
as Guy Burgess
1977
1
Wilfred
as Voice
2000
1
Last Will. & Testament
as Himself
2012
1
Margot
as Fred Ashton
2009
1
Pinochet in Suburbia
as Senator Augusto Pinochet
2006
0
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
as Nijinsky (voice) (as Sir Derek Jacobi)
2002
0
David Macaulay: Mill Times
as Priam Huntington (voice)
2001
0
Jason and the Argonauts
as Phineas
2000
0
Bye Bye Blackbird
as Lord Dempsey
2005
0
The Dinosaur Hunters
as Narrator (voice)
2002
0
Jail Caesar
as Sulla
2012
0
The Lost Pirate Kingdom
as Narrator
2021
0
Charles Dickens's England
as Himself - Presenter
2009
0
Pearl Islands
as Self
2022
0
Anastezsi
as Balzer
2007
0
Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy
as Narrator
2006
0
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
as Narrator (voice)
2011
0
Diamonds
as Piers Denmont
2009
0
Great Escape: The Untold Story
as Narrator
2001
0
Inquisition
as Cardinal Grand Inquisitor
2002
0
The Art of Francis Bacon
as Derek Jacobi
2007
0
Rhythm of Life
as Self
2021
0
You
as Man
2013
0
Cloud Cuckoo Land
as Victor
2004
0
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
as Narrator
2019
0
Frequently Asked Questions About Derek Jacobi
Derek Jacobi has appeared in 126 titles, including 118 movies and 8 television shows.
The earliest title currently listed in Derek Jacobi's filmography is Othello (1965).
The most recent title featuring Derek Jacobi is Tinsel Town (2025).
One of the highest rated titles featuring Derek Jacobi is The Civil War with an IMDb rating of 9.
Derek Jacobi has been active for approximately 60 years, with credits spanning from 1965 to 2025.
Titles featuring Derek Jacobi currently have an average IMDb rating of 6.7.
The busiest years in Derek Jacobi's career include 2002, 2000, 2007.
